Table B-35.  FY 2009 Active Component Warrant Officer Accessions and Warrant Officer Corps
by Race/Ethnicity and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
RACE/	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			LABOR FORCE
ETHNICITY4	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. FY 2008 Active Component Warrant Officer Accesssions1
White	975	6.64%		117	7.08%		171	8.98%		0	NA		1,263	61.79%		51,995,191	79.07%
Black	355	2.42%		45	2.72%		22	1.15%		0	NA		422	20.65%		8,449,846	12.85%
AIAN	6	0.04%		3	0.18%		3	0.16%		0	NA		12	0.59%		621,774	0.95%
Asian	35	0.24%		10	0.60%		4	0.21%		0	NA		49	2.40%		3,408,972	5.18%
NHPI	0	0.00%		2	0.12%		1	0.05%		0	NA		3	0.15%		233,681	0.36%
Two or more	0	0.00%		2	0.12%		0	0.00%		0	NA		2	0.10%		1,047,762	1.59%
Unknown	261	1.78%		8	0.48%		24	1.26%		0	NA		293	14.33%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	1,632	11.12%		187	11.31%		225	11.81%		0	NA		2,044	100.00%		65,757,226	100.00%
Hispanic	136	0.93%		15	0.91%		30	1.57%		0	NA		181	8.86%		12,230,750	18.60%
Not Hispanic3	1,496	10.19%		172	10.41%		195	10.24%		0	NA		1,863	91.14%		53,526,476	81.40%
TOTAL	1,632	11.12%		187	11.31%		225	11.81%		0	NA		2,044	100.00%		65,757,226	100.00%
b. FY 2008 Active Component Warrant Officers2
White	9,400	64.02%		1,124	68.00%		1,413	74.17%		0	NA		11,937	65.44%		85,404,852	79.95%
Black	2,565	17.47%		361	21.84%		265	13.91%		0	NA		3,191	17.49%		13,341,335	12.49%
AIAN	86	0.59%		18	1.09%		25	1.31%		0	NA		129	0.71%		890,955	0.83%
Asian	278	1.89%		72	4.36%		36	1.89%		0	NA		386	2.12%		5,296,296	4.96%
NHPI	0	0.00%		11	0.67%		8	0.42%		0	NA		19	0.10%		352,404	0.33%
Two or more	0	0.00%		6	0.36%		15	0.79%		0	NA		21	0.12%		1,535,874	1.44%
Unknown	2,353	16.03%		61	3.69%		143	7.51%		0	NA		2,557	14.02%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	14,682	100.00%		1,653	100.00%		1,905	100.00%		0	NA		18,240	100.00%		106,821,717	100.00%
Hispanic	1,060	7.22%		102	6.17%		211	11.08%		0	NA		1,373	7.53%		18,039,231	16.89%
Not Hispanic3	13,622	92.78%		1,551	93.83%		1,694	88.92%		0	NA		16,867	92.47%		88,782,486	83.11%
TOTAL	14,682	100.00%		1,653	100.00%		1,905	100.00%		0	NA		18,240	100.00%		106,821,717	100.00%
1. Comparison group for accessions includes 18-39 year-old members of the civilian workforce, October 2008-September 2009 average.
2. Comparison group for active component warrant officers includes 18-49 year-old members of the civilian workforce, September 2009.
3. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
4. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the
“two or more” category.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.